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Friends I grew up with, dad was a cop. He'd come home and hang his gun belt on the banister. they knew not to touch it. Of course, this was the 60's, a different time.

I never lock the guns up in my house, but then again my kid knew if he touched them I would break both his legs then shoot him, fear is a great motivator, he also knew how to use them. , I believe A lot of kids today don’t really understand just how dangerous a gun is

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In ct it’s a felony to “improperly store a fire arm or to leave it where a minor could get access without permission of a parent or guardian”

not even sure what the last part really means in reality.

That said, I think 15 is old enough to know better and probably the age at which storage laws should end ( I don’t agree with them at all but for the sake of discussion, I would think 15 should be th cut off).

What do you think?

I would think that a 15 year old should know that pointing a gun at someone is NOT a good idea unless you intend to shoot them. However, the kid may have been slow-between-the-ears or stupid or just plain bad. Who knows... I feel bad for all involved but I don't agree that the government should dictate how we store our firearms and ammo.

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I never lock the guns up in my house, but then again my kid knew if he touched them I would break both his legs then shoot him, fear is a great motivator, he also knew how to use them. , I believe A lot of kids today don’t really understand just how dangerous a gun is

Spoken like a true patriot. Pretty much how I grew up. Although my old man did give me a Honda 50 for my 7th birthday. After I tried to ride it with an old motorcycle helmet, I told him it would fall over my eyes and I couldn't see, then, no more helmet.

3 mins ago, Jettyhound said:

I would think that a 15 year old should know that pointing a gun at someone is NOT a good idea unless you intend to shoot them.

We had a case locally where a 21 year old was "playing" with his unloaded pistol. Pointed it his GF's head and said bang while he pulled the trigger. Guess what happened?

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I have a friend who won't bring her kids to my house because I don't lock up most of my guns. She bitches all the time that her brat wants to come swim in my pool and I tell her then teach your kid right from wrong and stop blaming me for not baby proofing my house. When I was a kid our house was a damn death trap. My dad kept cans of CS tear gas in a kitchen drawer. We kept batteries, extension cords, and shotgun shells in a cardboard box by the tv. Every room had guns in it. Every room also had dangling exposed wiring from my dad's unfinished "projects". I survived fine. Raise your kids not to be morons and stop relying on the government to protect you from the big bad scary world.

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Attended college with the boy's father. I haven't read the stories. Did he accidentally shoot himself or did another child shoot him accidentally?

Unclear, at least what I'm reading. From Hartford Courant:

Police have released few details in the shooting death of Ethan Song, 15, but law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation said investigators were told Ethan and another child were playing with the gun in the Seaside Avenue home rented by private investigator Daniel Markle, the son of the late New Haven State’s Attorney Arnold Markle. They investigated whether the teens were playing a version of Russian roulette, but the sources said the boys were not aware there was a bullet in the gun.

On Wednesday, police issued a statement saying, “We have no evidence or information to suggest that the teens were playing a version of Russian roulette or that the boys thought the gun was unloaded because there was no magazine in it.”

Authorities also are looking into how the boys got access to the gun and who owns the weapon. It is a class D felony to improperly store a firearm or to leave it where a minor could get access without permission of a parent or guardian.

The sources said investigators have been told that the boys didn’t think the gun was loaded because there was no magazine in it — but that there was one bullet in the chamber. The two boys are believed to have been the only people in the house at the time of the shooting.

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A freind of mines 16 yo got killed riding a dirt bike on a trail he had ridden a thousand times, helmet , padded protector jacket and pants, the works, he ran off the trail and hit a tree just rite, killed him dead.

shall we put an age restriction on dirt bikes and atv’s next?

or bicycles , my ex wife’s nephew ran a stop sighn on a bicycle and got nailed by a car, on his way home from school he was seventeen , what should the age requirement be on bicycles?